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A Process of Change in the Teaching and Learning of Traditional Music Performance in Ennis, Co. Clare 1961-1980
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper addresses the emergence of the formalisation of the transmission of traditional music through educational means.
Lost in transformation: Mezirow, immigrants, and identity
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper uses Mezirow's transformative learning theory to discuss the delicate balancing act of transforming while avoiding the feeling of rootlessness.
Relations between identity and educational quality within preservice music teacher training
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper presents observations of pre-service music teacher training as organized in two parts, with one focused on instrumental teaching and the other focused on classroom music teaching.
Music Education and Narratives of Social Cohesion: From National Melting Pot to Global Community
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This keynote paper provides perspectives on social cohesion and education, illustrating how ideologies were used to promote socially cohesive societies.
The Socialization of Members of a String Quartet towards their Roles as Musicians
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper investigates the role of others in the socialization process of members of an amateur string quartet.
Relationships among Parental Influences, Selected Demographic Factors, Adolescent Self-Concept as a Future Music Educator and the Decision to Major in Music Education
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper investigate relationships among parental influences, academic achievement, demographic factors, and adolescent self-concept, as they relate to students' self-concept as a future music educator.
Sociocultural perspectives on multicultural music education: reappraising the content of music curricula in Ireland
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper discusses sociocultural perspectives on multicultural music education.
Oh Say, You Can’t Sing: The ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ and the National Anthem Project in Wartime America
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper examines the place of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' in U.S. musical culture.
Pathways to Performance: An Exploration of Musical Growth in the Sociocultural Environment of East Galway
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper explores the musical reputation of a small area in the West or Ireland, East County Galway.
A Dichotomy of Experience in Irish traditional music – Classroom V Community
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper investigates the extent to which a holistic understanding and appreciation or Irish traditional music is being realized by post-primary teachers and students in Ireland.
What do we mean by ‘the sociology of music education’?
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This keynote paper considers what is meant by the sub-discipline the sociology of music condition.
Turntablism: A Vehicle for Connecting Community and School Music Learning
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper examines 'turntablism' as a relatively new and unexplored area for teaching and learning music in schools.
Cage’s short visit to the classroom: Experimental music in music education – A sociological view on a radical move
Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper examines some aspects of the cultural, ideological and aesthetic underpinnings of a music education movement whose prime feature has been the use of experimental music and music-making practices within classrooms.
Precursors to the Formation of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
Paper exploring the composers and events that contributed to the creation of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
Health Promotion in Schools of Music: Initial Recommendations for Schools of Music
This article discusses the Health Promotion in Schools of Music (HPSM) Project.
Risk Factors for Piano-related Pain among College Students
This article discusses risk factors for piano-related pain among college students.
Legacies: 500 Years of Printed Music [Conference Program Cover]
Conference program for Legacies: 500 Years of Printed Music. The conference was held on October 25-28, 2001 at the University of North Texas.
Legacies: 500 Years of Printed Music [Conference Schedule]
Conference program for Legacies: 500 Years of Printed Music. The conference was held on October 25-28, 2001 at the University of North Texas.
Practice Takes Practice: Find All the Time You Need to Practice
This article discusses strategies for musicians to have more efficient practice sessions.
Just Roll With It: Exploring the Array of Arpeggiated Chords
This article discusses different styles for playing arpeggiated chords.
Playing in Theory: Incorporating Music Theory Into Your Harp Playing
This article discusses basic principles of music theory that can incorporated into learning a musical work.
Cracking the Code: Using Tonal Theory to Solve the Puzzle Between the Notes
This article discusses strategies for harpists to use music theory for learning and memorizing music.
Put Some Bliss in Your Gliss: Mastering Our Signature Sound
This article discusses the glissando for harp.
Mind Games: Getting Out of Your Head
This article discusses strategies for developing focus during a performance.
Balance Points: Achieving Balance in Your Body to Make Better Music
This article discusses the need for harpists to be properly balanced when playing.
Reset the Standard
This article discusses how harpists can incorporate alternative pieces into their standard repertoire.
Creating Music in Silence: How to Harvest the White Space Between the Notes
This article discusses the use of white space between notes to enhance a harpist's technical skills.
Fire Up Your Warm Ups: Find the Right Recipe to Get Your Body Primed to Practice
This article discusses the reasons why warm ups are necessary, and includes variations for harpists.
Work Out Stage Stress
This article discusses how exercise can mitigate stage fright.
Charting Your Course: Explore Your Musical Landscape and Elevate Your Performance
This article discusses how to engage with the musical structure of a work to enhance a musician's performance.
Reviving Old War Horses: How to Breathe New Life Into Stale Standards
This article discusses strategies to reinvigorate repertoire standards.
Improving Retention of Chord Recognition and Voice-Leading Principles through Immediate Feedback about Errors in Practice Drills
Poster presented as part of the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses improving retention of chord recognition and voice-leading principles in students of music.
“¿Son Modos? Tonos y salmodia en Andrés Lorente
This book chapter discusses the distinction between modes and tones as corresponding to different epistemologies.
Um Nordeste Alternativo: A nova cena do Recife
This paper focuses on music trends in Recife, Brazil in 2000-01. It explores how alternative music communicates a contemporary regional identity in Northeast Brazil, is affected by cultural politics, and circulates within the musical market, in order to show how the perceived demands of globalization, such as the need to consume the products of the global entertainment industry, intersect with the dynamics of a regional music community. It was presented at the first Associação Brasileira de Etnomusicologia conference held in Recife in November 2002.
An Acoustical Analysis of the Frequency-Attenuation Response of Musician Earplugs
This article discusses the influence of musician earplugs on musical stimuli.
Lo urbano, lo rural y las instituciones musicales en las reducciones jesuíticas de guaraníes
This article examines the musical institutions of the Jesuit reductions of Guarani.
Regional Identity, Cultural Politics, and the Circulation of Musical Ideas: Alternative Popular Music in Northeast Brazil
This paper explains how alternative music communicates a contemporary regional identity in Northeast Brazil, is affected by cultural politics, and circulates within the musical market, in order to show how the perceived demands of globalization, such as the need to consume the products of the global entertainment industry, intersect with the dynamics of a regional music community. It was presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology held in Detroit, Michigan on October 25-28, 2001.
Liminality as Thought and Action
This article discusses liminality as thought and action in urban music education programs.
La Música Colonial Latinoamericana Es...
This article traces apart the relationships embedded in describing Latin American colonial music.
Un Laudate Pueri Como Antiobra (Acerca De La InvencióN De La MúSica JesuíTica De Chiquitos)
This article examines the invention of the Jesuit Music of Chiquitos.
Ethnomusicologists and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
This paper discusses ethnomusicologists and noise-induced hearing loss.
To Be or Not To Be: Schenker's Versus Schenkerian Attitudes Towards Sequences
This article discusses Schenker's attitude toward sequences alongside the atittudes of Schenkerian theorists, as well as the author's own thoughts about sequences, and uses examples from the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata in F and the development section of Scarlatti's Sonata in E major.
Find Your Voice: Beautiful Tone is Possible for Everyone
This article discusses strategies for harpists to improve their tone.
Practice Takes Practice: Maximize Your Investment in Practice Time
This article discusses time management strategies for practice sessions.
Smart-Reading
This article discusses strategies to improve sight-reading musical works.
Harp by Heart: Playing by Heart Does Not Need to be a Heart-Stopping Experience
This article discusses strategies memorizing music.
Accidentals on Purpose: Perfect Your Lever or Pedal Technique
This article discusses strategies for harpists to improve their lever and pedal technique.
De los órganos misionales de Chiquitos y su relevancia para la práctica musical
This article discusses the missionary organs of Chiquitos and their relevance for musical practice
Zuola, criollismo, nacionalismo y musicología
This article discusses Ibero-American musicology in relation to the manuscript produced by the Franciscan Fray Gregorio de Zuola.
Competing Discourses: The Interplay of Musical Style and Patronage in Recife’s New Popular Music Scene
Paper on the factors that affected of alternative popular music in Recife, Brazil. The contrasts between the discourses of bands, producers, and patrons reflect larger tensions in the Recife alternative music scene, which in turn point towards ruptures in the relationship between mainstream and alternative cultural production in Brazil.
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